$51 million
Total cash on hand for all candidates for statewide office, Texas Legislature and the State Board of Education on the ballot in 2016. Yet, that is less than half the total cash on hand for all current statewide office-holders, legislators and 2016 candidates.
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2016 Candidates
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2018 & 2020 Candidates
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Retiring Officeholders
Current statewide elected officials and senators whose offices are not on the ballot this year have, collectively, just over half the total cash on hand. Gov. Greg Abbott by himself has nearly 20% of all candidate and office-holders’ cash on hand.
Just 5 of the top 20 campaign war chests belong to candidates on the ballot in 2016, and three of those have no opposition or face only minor-party candidates,
20 Largest Cash-on-hand Balances
- $22,470,112 – Gov. Greg Abbott (Next election date: 2018)
- $8,836,405 – Speaker Joe Straus
- $7,587,183 – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (2018)
- $6,625,684 – Sen. John Whitmire (2018)
- $3,206,751 – Comptroller Glenn Hegar (2018)
- $3,005,492 – Land Commissioner George P. Bush (2018)
- $2,527,974 – Attorney General Ken Paxton (2018)
- $2,151,567 – Sen. Rodney Ellis
- $1,815,633 – Rep. Todd Hunter
- $1,794,164 – RRC candidate Gary Gates
- $1,458,637 – Sen. Kel Seliger (2018)
- $1,449,770 – Sen. Royce West (2018)
- $1,404,799 – Sen. Kevin Eltife (retiring)
- $1,384,990 – Sen. Kirk Watson (2018)
- $1,364,789 – Sen. Troy Fraser (retiring)
- $1,345,306 – Sen. Jane Nelson
- $1,331,927 – Railroad Commissioner Christi Craddock (2018)
- $1,226,399 – Railroad Commissioner David Porter (retiring)
- $1,179,322 – Sen. Robert Nichols (2018)
- $1,160,813 – former Rep. Sylvester Turner (resigned)
